about

I am a writer originally from Wisconsin now living in Los Angeles, CA.

I like stories about robots, mythology, and romance-- sometimes all at once.
I love books. Their size. Their shape. Their smell. The texture of their pages. I love them.
Favorites include A Canticle for Leibowitz, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Jane Eyre, Watership Down, and Giants in the Earth.
I am currently working on novels, screenplays, plays, and audiodrama.

The Birthing Pit

play • gothic romance

Fleeing a mysterious pestilence at the end of the American Revolutionary War, a Rhode Island couple journeys home from the Caribbean.
But when tragedy strikes at sea, possibly from supernatural causes, can their love endure beyond the grave?

Strange/Love

short story anthology podcast • fantasy, sci-fi, macabreThe trailer -->
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The universe has an eternal heartbeat-- each pulse quiet, and across remote dimensions.
Though seldom heard, when a beat sounds-- there can arise-- a Strange/Love.
Join me and actors as we read and perform my short stories with sound effects and music!

Episode One: The House That Jack Built
The newlywed couple Jack and Liz move into their new house on an otherwise uninhabited island, and soon a nearly-forgotten arson casts a fiery shadow over their marital bliss.

Episode Two: Goodbye, She Said • Featuring Nicola Branch
Could the rumored monster cult be responsible for a new couple's peculiar woes?

Episode Three: Idylls of Camelot • Starring Kristina Teves and Christopher Karbo
After the death of their parents, Cindy and Harry uncover the turmoil of their family history and discover that like any addiction, talking to the dead has its price.

Fire on the Mound

podcast novel • fantasy-adventure

After his father dies from poison contracted during the last war, a young Gaewyn named Pekra reluctantly befriends
his father's killer-- and is swept up in a legendary struggle to protect the mythical cottonwood tree.

Written and Produced by William J. Meyer • Read by Steve Rudolph • Music by William Seegers

One-Act Plays

short plays

The Maimed King • Roles: Two Men, One Gender Neutral
Joseph and Evelake arrive on the shores of England, planning to secret the Holy Grail inland to the town of Glastonbury.
The brigand tracking them is the least of Evelake’s perils as he begins to doubt the foundation of his new Christian faith.

Written by William J. Meyer

Waiting to Die in a Tent, A Few Thoughts on Valhalla • Roles: Three Men, Two Women
The old viking warrior Einarr and his young friend Mikel battle to protect their distant city of Reidun.
When Einarr is mortally wounded, Mikel sets out to locate Einarr’s estranged daughter Kára for a final father-daughter reunion.
But before they can return, a mysterious figure finds Einarr alone-- and about to breathe his last.

Hostile Worlds

Our lives literally revolve around it. That big yellow ball in the sky-- the Sun.
But what do we really know about El Sol? Is it just a big ball of gas and flame? Or is there more to it than that?

Sarah and David venture into the Sun’s corona and meet with Dr. Andrea Cellarius, a bright and flame-boyant scientist,
to learn about the components of our sun-- but when a coronal mass ejection plummets
their solar bathysphere deep into the star, they have precious few minutes to learn anything at all!